To date, at least three quarters of federal agencies have digital-by-default information management practices. The National Archives of Australia (NAA) delivered its first public report under the policy and it revealed the number of agencies reporting that they “manage most records digitally” rose 44% between 2010 and 2015, and stood at 74% midway through last year. For those agencies that do not, funding constraints is cited as the main factor in stopping the progress.

The best achievements in terms of progress towards the APS digital records management deadline were “senior support of digital information management and digital system implementation”.

Melody K. Smith

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